1751
Rotunda Hospital, in Dublin, foundation stone is laid
Ireland
In 1745 Bartholomew Mosse, surgeon and man-midwife, founded the original Dublin Lying-In Hospital as a maternity training hospital, the first of its kind. In 1757, the institution …
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1787
Taliesin Williams, born
Wales
Taliesin Williams was a key figure in his own right in the Welsh linguistic and cultural revival of the late 1700s and early 1800s. He undertook his fathers trade, His father was …
1790
MP for Cork, James Bernard, died
Ireland
James Bernard (8 December 1729 – 7 July 1790) was an Irish politician and ancestor of the Earls of Bandon. He was the son of Major North Ludlow Bernard and his first wife Rose …
1797
Edmund Burke, died
Ireland
Edmund Burke ( 12 January 1729 – 9 July 1797) was an Anglo-Irish statesman, economist, and philosopher. Born in Dublin, Burke served as a member of Parliament (MP) between 1766 and …
1809
John O'Donovan, born
Ireland
Dr. John O’Donovan born 1809 at Atateemore north of Slieverue he got his early education in Waterford City. O’Donovan edited the Annals of the Four Masters and heavily …
1857
Madeleine Smith acquitted of murder
Scotland
Madeleine Hamilton Smith (29 March 1835 – 12 April 1928) was a 19th-century Glasgow socialite who was the accused in a sensational murder trial in Scotland in 1857. Smith was the …
1867
Queens Park Football Club Formed
Scotland
Queen’s Park is the oldest association football club in Scotland, having been founded in 1867, and is the oldest in the world outside England and Wales. The club was fully …
1938
Gas masks issued to Civilians Prior to WW2
England
Gas had been used a great deal in the First World War and many soldiers had died or been injured in gas attacks. Mustard gas was the most deadly of all the poisonous chemicals used …
1947
Glasgow Zoological Society Opened
Scotland
Glasgow Zoo, or Calderpark Zoo, was a 99-acre (40 ha) zoological park in Baillieston, Glasgow, Scotland. The zoo was established in 1947 by the Zoological Society of Glasgow and …